Experimental Chagas’ disease in orchiectomized Calomys callosus infected with the CM strain of Trypanosoma cruzi |
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| Authors: | Ana Claudia Henriques Pinto Antonio Marcos A Levy Carla Domingues Santos |
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| Institution: | a Laboratório de Parasitologia da Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
b Seção de Sorologia, Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Seção de Sorologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | The incidence and progression of disorders associated with an unbalanced immune response has among many factors the gender as a contributory factor. The aims of this work were to evaluate the effects of orchiectomy and the immune response during the experimental Trypanosoma cruzi infection. Young adult, male Calomys callous were i.p. inoculated with 1 × 105 blood trypomastigotes of the CM strain of T. cruzi and divided in groups: Control, Sham and Castrated. Castrated group displayed significantly lower values for prostate and seminal vesicle weights indicating a drastic drop of testosterone plasmatic levels. Orchiectomized animals also displayed lesser number of blood parasites, enhanced lytic antibody percentage, splenocyte proliferation and NO concentration when compared to its sham and control counterparts, indicating that steroid gonadal ablation actually influences immune response triggering a more efficient cellular and humoral response which led animals to become more resistant against T. cruzi infection. |
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| Keywords: | Trypanosoma cruzi Orchiectomy Lytic antibody Nitric oxide Splenocyte proliferation |
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